title: Ultrafast solvation dynamics in room temperature ionic liquids observed by three-pulse photon echo peak shift measurements.
abstract: Three-pulse photon echo peak shift (3PEPS) measurement was applied to the investigation of the primary part (<100 ps) of the solvation dynamics in a series of imidazolium ionic liquids (IL) with an organic dye, oxazine 4 (Ox4), utilized as a probe. The ultrafast solvent response in the range of ≤300 fs exhibited dependence on the square root of the anion mass, indicating its relation with the inertial motion of anion. The inertial response of ILs with chloride anion was the fastest among other ILs with heavier and larger anions. Because Ox4 is a cationic dye, it holds a stronger interaction with the anion of IL, thus the ultrafast part of the solvation is strongly affected by the inertial motion of anions. The second solvation component in the range of ≤3.5 ps had better correlation with the reduced mass and the size of both ions included, indicating the beginning of a more global solvation process.
authors.affiliation: Division of Frontier Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Center for Quantum Science and Technology under Extreme Conditions, Osaka University and CREST, JST, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
mesh_terms: D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010078:Oxazines / Q000737:chemistry; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012995:Solubility; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D010078:Oxazines